FAQs

Yes. If you are offered a poor quality note in change you are entitled to ask for a replacement, within reason. Refusal by the public of poor quality notes will eventually improve the overall quality of the banknotes in circulation in Ireland.

No. Financial institutions are obliged by law to retain suspected counterfeit banknotes and to submit them to the Central Bank of Ireland for verification. A receipt for the note will be provided to the customer but no value can be given at the time of lodgement. In the event that the Central Bank of Ireland deems the note to be genuine, value will then be given to the customer. No value is given for a counterfeit note.

No they are still legal tender and be converted to Euro in the Central Bank of Ireland.

Please follow the mutilated banknotes process

Unfortunately the Central Bank is not in a position to provide coin valuations to the public.

No. The Central Bank has sole authority for producing Irish coinage. However, other organisations can mint and sell collector medals and tokens.

Collector coins have a nominal face value and are therefore legal tender. Like all Irish coinage, the obverse of Irish collector coins features an image of the harp, year of issue and the word ‘Éire’.

Irish collector coins are only legal tender in Ireland. They are not considered legal tender in other Eurozone countries.

Individuals, businesses and commercial banks are under no obligation to accept collector coins as payment for goods or services. Face value may be redeemed from the Central Bank, but these coins are likely to be worth substantially more in their collectable form than their nominal value.

All Irish silver proof coins contain .925 sterling silver.

All Irish gold proof coins contain .999 fine gold.